Serenity vs. Chronicles of Riddick
POSTED BY: harshcritic
UPDATED: Friday, December 23, 2005 22:49
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Then, there's the quasi-religous component in both stories... & in today's atmo that would keep some types away in droves. Science, even science fiction, and religion don't seem to be getting along too well lately; and imho, its not Science that's being intolerant.
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Quote:SF and Religion not getting along? Battlestar Galatica, Stargate SG-1 Season 9 and DS9 all come to mind. Each seemed to openly debate the whole Science Vs. Religion thing.
Originally posted by aahhaaa:
Then, there's the quasi-religous component in both stories... & in today's atmo that would keep some types away in droves. Science, even science fiction, and religion don't seem to be getting along too well lately; and imho, its not Science that's being intolerant.
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If DS9 was being made today, it would be canceled. It dealt with so many things that we're more sensitive about today. The first officer is a terrorist. There was the backdrop of a planet of spiritual people who were brutally oppressed. Preemptive wars against perceived threats. People’s way of life being changed by terrorism. Soldiers who are completely and unquestioningly devoted to their beliefs. An attempted coup to remove a democratic government. Exploration of social taboos. There would have been so much controversy and it could not have possibly made it past the second season if it was being made today.
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I fell asleep during Riddick. 'Nuff said.
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Originally posted by harshcritic:
I just found out that Chronicles of Riddick will become a trilogy. Yes, there will be 2 more movies in this franchise!
Remebering it being a disappointement, I decided to look up its stats on box office mojo. With production and marketing, the movie cost $140 mil. It earned $115 mil totaled worldewide; thus, it was -$25 mil in the hole before it was released on dvd.
I then did a search to find out how many dvds it sold. I still don't know. However, I found an article that said much like Serenity the dvd sales would determine its fate. I assume the dvd sales must have been satifactory for the studio to release 2 more films. But, it was not in the top 20 for dvd sales in 2004.
The studio responsible is ..wait for it...
UNIVERSAL!!
Not to burst your bubble here, but pulling an "Adama" dont gain us anything.
It cost 105 million. Marketing costs aint taken in consideration when determining wheather a movie has made profit or not. So the budget was 105 mill.
In other words it made 10 mill over that. However, it had a bigger net loss then serenity because of the bigger budget (the cinemas etc takes some of the sales income).
It made it to number 1 on dvd, however i'm not sure how long it dwelled there.
About sequals, nope, nothing has been said. So there ain any sequals in the works. Maybe one day, who knows.
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Oddly, the best bits of the film (The Ridicules Of Chronic, as a friend of mine calls it) are (mostly) those parts without any Necromungers in it. Those bits were very good. The rest was kinda so-so... but I enjoyed watching it nonetheless. Despite it just being Conan-In-Space.
CoR was always meant to be the first part of a trilogy, as I recall. No sign of any more chapters yet, though.
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Why's everyone badmouthing it? Wasn't too bad a film.
The bit with Aslan's death really got me...
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Now there's a crossover that would have to be seen to be believed!
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The Chronicles of Riddick: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe.
I like it. All we need now is Ash and his chainsaw and we'll have the best sci-fi movie ever.
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Originally posted by Gixxer:
Why's everyone badmouthing it? Wasn't too bad a film.
The bit with Aslan's death really got me...
Dumbass....Could have put a spoiler there, seeing as not everyone have read the book. Frak me.
Jayne: All those years of preacher training, getting knocked out by one bounty hunter
Book: Oh, dont get me wrong. I gave him a hell of a fight
Jayne: Epic i'm guessing
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